Microsoft has begun shipping “thousands” of the final version of the Kinect for Windows v2 sensors to developers, the company announced July 15, several days after it began accepting preorders. The ...

The Xbox One is out, along with a new Kinect sensor, and this time around Microsoft didn’t waste any time making this 3D vision sensor available for Windows. [programming4fun] got his hands on the new ...

After unbundling the Kinect from the Xbox One, Microsoft hopes Windows users will buy the Kinect. The second version of the Kinect sensor will launch for Windows on July 15, according to a Microsoft ...

One of the biggest features hyped by Microsoft about the Xbox One was the new Kinect. Now, Microsoft is bringing an SDK for its improved motion and voice sensor to PC with Kinect for Windows v2. This ...

At NUI Central‘s Kinect for Windows Hackathon, a projector on the ceiling creates an image of sand and shrubbery on the ground. The terrain is supposed to be Afghanistan. After walking around on the ...

Wisdom was Microsoft removing Kinect from its Xbox One, but for all our ennui with the peripheral as a home theater interface, we’re quick to forget where the real Kinect story played out: Microsoft’s ...

Microsoft has taken the wraps off its Kinect for Windows v2 hardware. The move follows the delivery of Kinect for Windows v2 Developer Preview kits to developers last summer. We also saw some fruits ...

BLITZ, the interactive agency behind campaigns for HALO, Nike, Starbucks, DIRECTV, FX and so on, has today released the source code and scripts for hacking Microsoft's Kinect hands-free motion ...

Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" ...

The first batch of Microsoft's Kinect for Windows v2 sensor has been made available to developers for pre-order for $199 in various regions around the world. In April, Microsoft announced in the Build ...

Why do only the new game consoles get all the cool peripherals? Being a man of action, [Paul] set out to change that. He had a Kinect V2 and an original Nintendo and thought it would be fun to get the ...

Microsoft might’ve stripped the Kinect out of the Xbox One recently, but that doesn’t make the hardware itself any less impressive—it’s just not the best device for a low-cost gaming console at the ...